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    Category: Mental Illness

    Mental illness: Stigma starts at home

    In the aftermath of the horrifying killing spree at Sandy Hook Elementary, there has been lots of renewed attention on mental illness: how to keep the few… Read more “Mental illness: Stigma starts at home”

    January 7, 2013January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    How your cat really — as in medically — could make you crazy

    Now, it all begins to make sense: Why I am the way I am: slightly disturbed, neurotic and given to bouts of melancholia and — new cool… Read more “How your cat really — as in medically — could make you crazy”

    February 26, 2012January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    Mental illness, Occupy protest figure into Berkeley hills homicide

    On Saturday night, a 67-year-old resident in the Berkeley hills was beaten to death outside his home in a neighborhood described as an affluent area. Police have… Read more “Mental illness, Occupy protest figure into Berkeley hills homicide”

    February 22, 2012 by Crazy in Suburbia

    Waking up to Crazy

    As I’ve written before, my husband has a serious mental illness. It’s called schizoaffective disorder, which is a combination of bipolar illness and schizophrenia. That means, he… Read more “Waking up to Crazy”

    July 27, 2010January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    What’s it like to believe satellites are tracking your thoughts and that your co-workers are plotting to kidnap and kill you?

    Find out here, in this essay, Paranoia Makes Me Sweat, by a Crazy suburban dad, now published in More Intelligent Life, a quarterly print and online magazine… Read more “What’s it like to believe satellites are tracking your thoughts and that your co-workers are plotting to kidnap and kill you?”

    November 19, 2009January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    Your kid’s brain, and how alcohol, pot, and other drugs can mess with its development

    So much is going on in brain science these days: it’s all pretty exciting and illuminating. Scientists can scan brains and see, for example, how the brain… Read more “Your kid’s brain, and how alcohol, pot, and other drugs can mess with its development”

    November 15, 2009January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    Full moon tonight: Will you sleep?

    I’m not sure I will. I predict I’ll fall asleep reasonably well tonight then awake at 1, 2, or 3 a.m. and not be able to go… Read more “Full moon tonight: Will you sleep?”

    November 3, 2009January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    A way to beat SAD? Volunteer, hike, camp in Yosemite

    Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature’s peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into… Read more “A way to beat SAD? Volunteer, hike, camp in Yosemite”

    October 24, 2009January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    Accused arsonist’s apparently employer didn’t know about his illness–and had no right to know

    In today’s Contra Costa Times story about Scott David Weinberg, the optometrist accused in arson fires in downtown Walnut Creek, the reporters asked whether his most recent… Read more “Accused arsonist’s apparently employer didn’t know about his illness–and had no right to know”

    September 26, 2009January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

    Walnut Creek optometrist charged in arson fires is said to suffer from bipolar disorder

    The Contra Costa Times is reporting that Scott David Weinberg, 51, charged with setting fires at a downtown fast-food restaurant and the Comcast cable services hub, had… Read more “Walnut Creek optometrist charged in arson fires is said to suffer from bipolar disorder”

    September 26, 2009January 28, 2018 by Crazy in Suburbia

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